MCP Server
Connect OpenLabor to AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Windsurf using the Model Context Protocol.
What is MCP?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI tools communicate with external systems. When you connect OpenLabor as an MCP server, your AI coding tool can manage your AI employees, create tasks, search knowledge, and more — all mid-conversation.
OpenLabor runs a remote HTTP MCP server. There is nothing to install: point your tool at the URL and authenticate with an API key from Dashboard > Settings > API keys.
Setup per tool: Connect an AI coding tool.
Every tool also takes an api_key argument. Pass the same key you configured in the header — the header gets you to the server, the argument is what each tool calls the API with.
Available Tools
Once connected, your AI coding tool has access to these tools:
Example Workflows
Once connected, you can do things like:
- *"Ask my CTO to review this PR"* → Your coding tool calls
openlabor_ask_employee
- *"What does my team know about our competitor?"* → Calls
openlabor_search_knowledge
- *"Create a task for the designer to make a new logo"* → Calls
openlabor_create_task
- *"Check if any employees need my input"* → Calls
openlabor_get_nudges
Whether a given job wants MCP or the terminal is weighed in MCP or the CLI.